Tiffany Hsu

Writer

Tiffany Hsu no longer works for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote about the California economy, fast food, restaurants, retail and alternative energy for the Business section. A Bay Area native, UC Berkeley graduate and eternal Nor-Cal fan, she once worked for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also did a stint at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where she developed a passion for sweet tea. She still has faith that someday she’ll find two economists who agree.

Recent Articles

Sometimes, Devon Sawa just wants a bit of coffee and quiet. When he’s not filming his role in the drama “Somewhere Between” — now airing on ABC — the actor is facing off against the occasional creepy crawly in his Calabasas home, running into the Kardashians at the local Starbucks or stumbling...

All actor Barry Watson can think about after filming out of town is getting back to his kitchen and whipping up a quail-egg grilled cheese sandwich for his daughter or what his wife calls the best lamb chops in the world. “Cooking is my detox from working,” said Watson, a “7th Heaven” alum and...

A woman in a red dress twirls with a dark and mysterious man through light-filled hallways. Music flutters and surges in a romantically lit courtyard overlooking the twinkling city. A mischievous coda plays, and then the credits roll. It’s a classic scene plucked straight from Hollywood. But this...

Kristin Chenoweth’s powerhouse pipes get top billing on Broadway, but in her Beverly Hills apartment, it’s her nine-foot piano that takes center stage. The petite actress and musicals mainstay bought the two-bedroom condo last year. The 2,111-square-foot space boasts a balcony, a mudroom and three...

Few residential properties are as desirable as Southland surf and turf, or as difficult to develop. In the ocean-hugging communities stretching from Malibu to Dana Point, builders face intense demand for limited space, resistance from regulators and residents, and logistical and environmental challenges....

Jillian Michaels learned a hard lesson once she became a parent. “Once you have kids, nothing is yours anymore,” the fitness guru said. “It’s completely infiltrated.” Which means toys — Lego pieces in particular — are usually scattered around the 4,300-square-foot Malibu beach house that she shares...

Actress Lorraine Toussaint and her 12-year-old daughter, Samara, have a longstanding tradition: On Sunday mornings, they lay a blanket over Toussaint’s bed, whip up an elaborate breakfast and have a picnic in their pajamas. The ritual continued even after the two — along with Toussaint’s fiance...

Despite being California born and bred, actress Marissa Hermer is better known as a mover and shaker in London, where she lived for nearly a decade. But late last year, she returned to the Southland with her husband and three young children, upgrading from a cozy London home to 10,000 square feet...